immdích

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish imm·dích, attested mainly in legal texts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imʲˈd̠ʲiːxʲ/

Verb

imm·dích

1. to protect, to defend

Inflection

• Third-person singular imperfect deuterotonic: im·díched

Quotations

• c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 1, line 2:

  Im·dīched in cú Laigniu huili.

  The dog protected all Leinster.

Synonyms

• ditnid

Mutation

Mutation of immdích

radical	lenition	nasalization
immdích	immdích pronounced with /-ð(ʲ)-/, later /-ɣ(ʲ)-/	immndích

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “immdích”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

From imm- +‎ dí- +‎ fichid.

Verb

imm·dích (prototonic ·imdich, verbal noun imdegal)

1. to protect, save, defend against
   • c. 700, Críth Gablach, published in Críth Gablach (1941, Dublin: Stationery Office), edited by Daniel Anthony Binchy

     Im·dích dliged a chéle cintaib cuir, cáin, cairddi[u], co neoch ata·llen.

     He defends the rights of his clients in regard to liabilities arising from contract, written law and whatever follows therefrom. [translation by DIL entries for ad·len and cáin]

   • c. 700–1200, Táin Bó Cúailnge; from the Lebor na hUídre , LU 5028:

     [Ocus] im·díus-[s]a Mag Murthemne uile.

     And I will protect all of Mag Murthemne.

   Synonyms: aingid, do·eim, snáidid

Inflection

Complex, class B I present, s future

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	deut.			imm·dích			ima·dichet
	prot.			·imdich
imperfect indicative	deut.						ima·dichitis
	prot.
preterite	deut.
	prot.
perfect	deut.
	prot.
future	deut.	im·díus
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
past subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
imperative
verbal noun		imdegal
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Middle Irish: imm·dích

Mutation

Mutation of immdích

radical	lenition	nasalization
immdích (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	immdích	n-immdích

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “immdích”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language